Sunday, May 14, 2006

Happy Birthday Sal!

My little boy is 1 year old today.

Salvatore aka:

Salvielittle guyOobaOoba boobabubsbubbashabaubba

Yes our little boy is now 1 year old. We had a wonderful weekend. Because today is also Mother's Day we decided to have a small celebration yesterday. My parents came up for the event and a few close friends joined us as well. We had a great time. Enzo helped me bake the cake. We made a butterfly cake made from a wonderful apple spice cake recipe and homemade cream cheese frosting.

It is amazing to me how fast this year has gone. Enzo's first year went by fast but this one was even faster. Everyone had warned me how different the first year with the second child would be. It was spent juggling the needs of a 4 year old and a baby. No time for private googling time, ingesting each small moment. Instead they have gone by like a flash of lightning. I barely recorded his milestones. I pieced them together today on various scraps of paper that just happened to be laying around at the time. Baby book? Are you kidding? I have one but it has not been opened yet. So to make myself feel better I will record them here. Here are the highlights.

Rolled over - almost 3 monthsArmy crawl - 5 monthsBlow raspberries - 5 monthsSmiled - sometime in hereFirst solid food - Bananas and he loved them. Still doesFirst steps 10 1/2 months. Was walking full time at 11 monthsClaps - 11 monthsWaves - 11 monthsFirst sounds he just started making: baba (for ball), dada, uh oh (as he holds his hands up and out) and he just started making ma ma sounds but not all the way yet.

ok I feel much better those are recorded somewhere. I will start working on his book I swear.

I look at him and I am so thankful each day. I lost my first child when I was 9 weeks pregnant. It was a very rough experience for JB and I. We called her "little". "Little" died on October 6th 1999. Enzo was born exactly two years to the day on October 6th 2001. Salvatore's original due date was May 6th which was a day or two off from "little's" due date. These are not coincidences. This is the cycle of life in action. I look at Enzo and Sal everyday and I am thankful. I can't help to think of what "little" would look like today but I know that Enzo and Sal each represent her in their own way.

Salvatore and I have been through a lot together. While I was 7 months pregnant I ended up having an emergency appendectomy. I have had 3 other surgeries in my life but his was by far the scariest. I never imagined being wheeled into the operating room with a baby in my belly. I didn't know what was going to happen. We both pulled through strong and I think it has effected out bond to this day. I was so afraid of losing him. It was a scary time.

So one year later Sal is walking, playing and learning new things each day. He is such a wonderful child. Watching him grow and play with Enzo has been such an experience.

So Salvatore this is for you:

Small angel of mineby the light of the moonI think of you.

I think of you growinginside of my bellyI think of when tragedy struckand we stuck togetherlike two peas in a pod.You helped me stay strong and healthyfor both of us.

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I'm a mother, artist, and web analyst who loves music, poetry, indie craft, local food, natural parenting, reading, making jewelry, photography, snowboarding, and anything Sicilian. I have not and will not let go of my creativity or individuality. I am me. Trying to find myself on a daily basis.